Starting and stopping device for phonographs.



W. W. ROSENFIELD. STARTING AND STOPPING DEVICE FOR PHONOGBAPHS.

91 8,9 1 5, Pate ted Apr. 20, 1909. V 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 1905.

W. W. BOSENFIELD. STARTING AND gTOPPING DEVIUE FOR PHONOGEAPHS. APPLICATION FILED rma. 1 1905.

9 1 8,9 1 5 v Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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W. W. ROSBNHELD. AND STOPPING DEVIUE FOR PHDNOGRAPHS. APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 1, 1905 STARTING Patented Apr. 20, 1909. 4 SHEETS8HEET 3.

W. W. ROSBNPIELD.

STARTING AND STOPPING DEVICE FOR PHONOGEAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 1905.

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S'I'LBTlING AND B'IOPPRWG DEVICE FOR HONOGRAPHB.

'and Stop g-qpeviccs for Phonoglraphs, fully and represented in t e ollowing describe specification and the accompanying drawin s iorming a part of the same.

his invention relates to startm and stopping devices intended es eci y for phonographs, though capable 0 general ap plication to operating mechanism and more especially to light machinery; and the in-. vention aims principally to rovidemeans for-- insuring the starting .of t e. phone aph or'other machine when it is deemed t at it shall start. Especiall with spring motors, such;as are 'co nmo y used or operating phonogra be, it Has been found that when the starting device is moved to' release the. operating mechanism will sometimes {happen that the mechanism. will not start of itself, but will need to be and start the motor, it

Specification of Letters Iatent. Application filed February 1, 1806. Serial No. 243,612.

import-ant: in check controlled or other auto.

matically operat' phone he thattl'fls operating shall alv vggislstart when t e starting orreleasing mechanism is moved,

The cortain'startingj of the. 0 rating mechanism a phonograph or1ot er ma-r chine upon. the movement of the starting or releasing device is in accordance with the invention by means for imparting a staglin t0;a part of the ism. Ferries I) use as o ration of the phenpgraphcrht .anw

controlled-dry} braka'ac'tart of the hp'clatingv nieeh- ."wh 11mm7 t l a said m impel-tea starting thereto. The invention includes-ether features reto automatic stepping devices for phcigplg'rsplisylall cl jwhieh:

ing on a rotating hasboentumed into A Bil underat smote? est a! '9 E v I a.

Patented April 20, 1909.

phonograph such as shown and described in gn a plication filed by me August 5, 1904,

en check actuated mechanism such as shown and d 'bed in an Octobe -15, 1903, Sena No. 177,112.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a. phonograph provided with automatic rewinding retiirn and starting and Enresent invention. Fig. 2 1s a section on 'e2ofF' .1. Fig.3isaplanviewofthe starting an stopping mechanism and check actuated mechanism or controllingthe starting movement. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 of Fig. 3. 5 is a partial plan view of parts shown in 2. ig. 6 is a detail view which will be ereinafter referred to. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the mechanism shown at the right in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a section on line v8 of Fig. 7..

-Referringto the drawings, 0. represents .the mandrel or record carrier, b the reproducer armmounted to slide on the rod 0, d the feed screw, and e the food not of a phonea h of common construction. Th me mil and feed screw d are driven by a spring motor A as nsnal'irrmachines of the t shown; the motor thus forming part of 0 rating mechanism of the p onogra t reproducer arm bcarries u on p, orwardl extending ion thereoan eccen trio y pivoted g which co-acts with a return feed screw i for raising the reproduce: and returnin the same to start ng post tion, the disk being rotated b the eng eof teeth 8 on the disk wit teeth on t returnjeed screw for raising arm when the return feed screw is rotated ands 'returnmovement being then-imparted to the iproducer arn'rby "meme of theeent three 0 thercturn screw.

Thejecccntriclidrisk g is provided with a notch with which a latch 7a l is-adapted toengagm whereby after the disk position to comet with movement the thred'clfef miscrew it willlie-lield l. r

-the repreducer arm. As the i the end .o l its return movement this latch h is an adjustable. cam vet arm the m an; the erapplication filed by me i a part of thediskz with the retatiofldnririg "the "return No. 219,599, and in connection with stoppmgmechamsms m accordance with the 1 the reproducer,

a tlOIiNO. 219,599 a V tion onnr short shaft n,- which shaft will-t us be n bya sprocket chain w running -or weighted so as to rest in this position.

the'shaft m. then being sufficient to cause the a rocket wheel i on the feed screw shaft.

mitting it to be turned b the continued rotation of the return fee screw to bring its low portion opposite the screw and thereby lower the reproducer arm to bring the reproducer again into position to engage the record. The teeth-on the return feed-screw do not extend over the full length of the. screw, the portion of the screw with which the disk engages when the reproducer has been returned to its startin osition bein circumferen'tiall smooth. en the dis has been turne therefore, to lower the reproducer arm, it will, during any further rotation of the return feed screw, as well as during the 'next reproducing movement of the reproducer, rest with its lower portion opposite the return feed screw and with the s oulder formed by the firsttof its teeth 8 bearing against the return feed screw ready to be an aged by the teeth on the return feed screw w on the latter is rotated for the next return movement,3the .disk bein balanced This automatic return mechanism is more fully shown and described in my application No.'219,5 99, before referred to, and for a fuller descri tion thereof reference is made 'to such app cation. he sprin of the motor A is vautomatically rewoun' after each re roducing opera,- tion of the phonograph, an the return shaft 1'. driven, by means of an electric motor E which is shown as'connected with the windin'g spindle of the s ringmotor and with the return an controlled by a cirlrizuit o emngan cos meansasmmya cw P $o've referred to. upwardly egrtendingshaft-l of the electric motor is provided with a wormmesliingwith a worm wheel m loosely mountedon a'shaft m and connected therewith throu h a suits able friction or sli coupling 50. he shaft m is connected wit the'wind' shaft of the spring motor so as to effect the winding of t e spring of the spring1 motor when the shaft m'. is rotated, and t e interposition of the friction coupling 50 between the worm wheel and the shaft m permits of the electric motor operating for such length of time at each operation as to always insure a full rewinding of the spring motor, since the friccoupling-permits the worm ear to be driven a ter the spring motor has een fully rewound, the resistance to the rotation of parts of the coupling to slip. A ear m fast to the worm gear m meshes wit a car m' driven so long as the motor operates The return feed screwi is driven from this shaft on a sprocket wheel a on the shaft n and a it! shaft a also carries a pinion n meshing disk, being, howeveri1 path of movement of a sleeve f end of the hi h p witha gear 0 mounted to rotate with which is an insulated cam disk 8 of conducting material having anundercut shoulder a between "the hi h and low portions of its cam periphery. spring contact arm r bears constant y a ainst the face of the cam disk 8 anda secon sprinlgecontact arm t is adapted to bear against t periphery of the cam normally held out of engagement therewit arm or lever 12 when the cam disk is' in the position of rest shown Fig. 8. the rocking ever 0 preferably carrying a block of insulating material o for engagement with the end of the contact sprin t. springs r? and t are sultab I insulated, as by being mountedo'n a bloc s of 'msulating material, and are connected in the motor circuit so that when the contact spring t is in engagement with the cam disk 8 the motor circpit' will be closed, and when the contact spri t is held out of engagement with the cam isk s the motor circuit will be open. The rocking lever v is pivoted at 122- and is under tension of a spring 123 which tends to swing the lever on its pivot to move the block if toward and beneath the contact arm t. The other end of the rocki arm is provided with. a foot piece 1/ whic lies in the reproducer arm of theiphonograph the foot piece 1; when the rocking arm is in position t lying in sition to be engaged by t as save 1' as t e reproducer arm approaches the'end of its re reducing movement. During tion of the phonographthe rocking arm 1: is in its normal position with its insulating block 0 beneath the. end of the contact ring 1!. As the reproducer arm'approaches e end of ,its reproducing movement, the sleeve f comes into e ement wit the foot piece o and forces t e ever against the tension of its spring so as to move the insulating block '0' from beneath the end of the contact spring 6 as shown in Fi ,1 permit- .ting the latter to engage the peri hery of the cam disk- 8 as shown in Fig. 8. commit to the electric motor being thereby closed, the motor will start to operate and will continue to operate until'the gear 0 and.cam disk s have made one rotation, at the end of which time the contact spring t will drop from the art of the cam disk" and ain rest on .t e insulating'block o, the lever v aving in the meantime been returned by its lspring to itsnorm'al position;

and the worm wheel m and between the return screw shaft and the'worm wheel are such that the cam disk is not iven a com plete rotation until the worm w eel ha been rotated more than suflicient to insurethe reby means of a rocking The' contact carried by the 'with its insulating block beneath the end of. the-contact s ii the mproducing operaconnections between the cam disk 8 t 25 and of the phono raph.

is swung in the ot er direction to retract the winding of the spring motor and the return feed screw has been given a rotation more than sufficient to effect the raising of t e rsproduccr arm and its complete return ova,- ment and to lower it again to its normal position.

The operation of the phonograph by the motor A is controlled by means of a sto ping and starting device consisting preferab y of a brake formed by a spring plate l-(g) acting on the periphery of a disk 11 on the governor shaft of the motor. The brake spring 10 is moved into and out of operative position in a direction tan ent-ial to the periphery of the disk 11, and or this pur ose it 18 preferably and as shown carried b T a reciprocating plate 12 shown as ivota ly mounted ona stud 13 extending ownward from the base plate 14 of the phonograph (see Fig. 6). When the plate, 12 is swung in one.direction,

the brake spring will be carried into engagement with the periphery of the disk 11, as shown in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2, thereby stopping the operation of the motor When the plate 12 brake sprin and release the disk, the brake s rin will st move while in contact with t disk and thereby impart a starting move- I ment' thereto. Any chancepf the motor and the mechanism driven thereby failing tostart'when released will thus be avoids The plate or support 12 might be'actu'ated by any suitable means for hand or automatic operation. As shown, it i is oscillated by means of a spring 26 acting through a vertical shaft 16 and an arm 15 carried by said sh'aft, said arm having a pin 17 extending into a cam slot 18 in the plate 12. The shaft 40 16 is turned against the tensionof the spring 26 for causing the brake spring 10 to move into operative position by the returnmovement of the reproduoer arm, and the turning of the shaft in the opposite direction for re tracting the brake spring is controlled by the check actuated mechanism. For ar-f pose, in the construction shown, the sh .16 carries at its upper end a short arm '20 jecting into the return movement path'of. a finger 21 carried ,by the reproducer armb. On the forward movement of the-reproduce? arm the finger 21 travelsbeneath the arm 20,v but on, the return movement of the reproducer s1tion,. as r arm we "it is in its elevated shown in dotted lines in Fig; 2, t e finger .21

is raised so that the arm 2Q extends into; the

path of its returning movement." The shaft, v

brake' spring- 10 .fi t tangentially e -see 16 also carries a lo latch arm flgwlgfgh'eigs tends through a slotm wide bu 23 and the and of which arm 22 n the shaft -l'fi,:is

roekqdfto the position shown i 111 i 'Figflunder runs the eml'oi a a t t 1 dis by which engagement of the arm 22 with the shoulder 25 the shaft 16 is held against turning under tension of the spring 26. The pressure of the end of the late arm 22 against the shoulder 25 should not be so wet as to interfere with the movement of t to beam 24 under the influence of the check as hereinafter described; and in order that suflicient force may be exerted on the supporting plate 12 to effect a sufficiently forcible retraction'of the brake without causing too great a pressure of the latch arm against the shoulder 25 in the construction shown, the latch arm is made considerably longer thanthe arm -15. The

arm 15 and the latch arm thus form a lever t which is engaged by the shoulder 25 at a point fart-her om its fulcrum than its conmotion with the plate 12. The other arm of the rocking beam 24 carries a coin tray or receptacle 27 in position beneath the lowe nqnd of a coin chute 28,-and the beam is normally held in. the position shown in F' 3 by means of an adjustable Wei ht 29, sue weight beingsufiicient to hol the beam normally in the position shown, but to be overbalanced by the coin or check delivered on the tra When in this position the shoulder 25 ism position to engage the end of the latch arm 22 and hold the arm and the shaftlfi against movement by the s ring 26. The beam 25 is shown as pivotal mounted in a support 30 extending upwar from a base 3 and the end of the coin chute 28 is suppoted by a bracket 32 extending 11 Ward fromthe base plate 31- being clamps toysa1d-braeket by means'ol a strap 33.

When the phonograph is at rest the various parts are in the positions'shown by full lines in'the drawings, the operatingpartsbeing held against .bperation by the brake spring ,10 hearing on the disk'll and the reits producer arm been returned to position to begin the. reproduction of arecord and'having been lowered to itsreprodneing gnition by rotation of thekccehtrie disk 9. parts these itaons, if a com be dropped through the c ute28-on'to the coin tray 27 the beamiwill therehfbe rocked to raise the shoulder 25, thereby releas ing the shaft 16 torock under; thetension of the s 'ring Zfii-YBy the rockingpf the shaft-. 16,

'latch' arm '22 permitting the vertical t, arm 15' will be the. osition shown bydotted there y mov-v tion shownjn the late 12 from-the,

lines tothat'shojvnliaif 2. 'By such movoment b astart' 'm iaenttothsuisk move 1 @Btof the a t op eratlon of the motor A and thereby. The electric ,motor .will then con-.

erate under the influence of the motor spring, the mandrel a rotating to rotate the record cylinder carried thereby and the feed screw d rotating to feed the reproducer carrier longitudinal y of the mandrel to carry the reproducer over the rec d. The reproducing operation of the phonographwill continue until, as the reproducer arm or carrier reaches the end of its reproducing movement the lever '01 is moved to carry the insulating block c" from beneath the end of the contact spring t, thereby closing the circuit to the electric motor E. The electric motor will then operate to re wind the spring motor and to rotate the return feed screw i, thereby causing the reproducer arm or carrier to be raised and returned to itsnormal or starting position, as hereinbefore explained. During the return movement of the re reducer carrier, the'finger 21 will engage t 0 arm 20 and move the 'same from the position shown in dotted lines to that Sl'lOWIl'lIl full lines in Fig. 2, thereby turning the shaft 16 against the tension of the spring 26 and returning thelatch arm 22 to position to be engaged again by the shoulder 25 on the beam-24, in which position it will then be held by the shoulder 25, the coin having fallen from the inclined tray 27, and the position-ofthe beam be: again "determined b' the weight 29. By such rocking of the aim t 16 the arm 15 and thereby the a 12 will s own by full lines in Fig. 2, and by such return movement of the plate 12 the brake spring 10 will be carried again into contact with the periphery of the disk 11, thereby stopping t e rotatlon of said disk and the opparts driven tinue tooperate until, when the cam disk 8 has made a com lete rotation, thespring contact t drops "om-the end ofth'e point of the cam disk thereby opening t e motor circuit and coming to rest on the msulating block '0. The operational the electric motor will then cease and the various operative parts of'the entire mqchine will again be in theirnormal position of rest, the spring of the spring motor having been rewound in readiness for another 0 oration.

It will be understood that the invention is not, to be limited to the exact construction,

foregoing description has been mainly Itwill be understood also that the term phonograph is" used herein as ,a broad term to include all sound reproducing machines to which the invention is or may be found applicable. 7

Features of invention contained in the be returned to the positionsconstruction shown and not claimed herein are claimed in my divisional application No. 385,388 and in my Patents Nos. 879,589 and 859 114.

What is'claimed is:

1. The combination with a phonograph, and means for automatically returning the reproducer carrier to starting position, of a friction brake for engaging a rotary member to sto the operation of operatingmechanism o the phonograph, means controlled by the return movement of the reproducer carrier for moving the brake into operative position, and means for moving the brake to release said rotary member and to im art a starting impulse thereto, substantia y as described. 1

2. The combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a sto device or normally preventing operation 0 the phonograph, a spring for retracting the stop device .forhold' the stop device in operative position and or releasing it to permit it to be retracted, and a second motor and connections for returning the stop device to operativeposition.

3. The combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a stop device or normally preventing operationo the phonograph, a second motor for storing power in the first said motor, means for retractin the stop device to permit the phonograp v to operate, means controlled'by the movement 0 a part actuated by the first motorfor causing the second motor to operate to store power in the first motor, and means operated y the power of the second motor for causing said stop device to return to operative position.

A. The combination with a phonograph having a motor'for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a stop device or normally preventing operation 0 the phonograph, 'means for retracting the stop device to permit the phonograph to operate a sec-1 on motor, automatic return mec anism actuated by the second motor for returnin the reci rocatin member of the phonogra to starting position, and means 0' erated y the power of the second motor or causing the stop device to return to operative position.

'5. The combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonogra' h in reproducinga record, of a stop device or normally preventing operation 0 the phonograph, means for retracting vthe stop device 0 (permitthe phonograph tooperate a secon motor, automatic return mac ani m actuated by the second motor for retumin" the reciprocating member of the phonograph to permit the phonograph to operate, means to starting position, and means controlled by the return movement of the reciprocating member of the phonograph for returning the stop device to operative position.

6. The combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a second motor, automatic return mechanism actuated by the second motor for returning the reciproi eating member of the phonograph to starting,

position, a stop device for co-acting with a driven member to stop the operation of operating mechanism of the phonograph, and means operated by the power of the second motor for moving the stop device into operative position after the completion of a reproducing operation of the phonograph.

7. he combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a second motor, automatic return mechanism actuated by the second motor for returning the reproducer carrier of the phonograph to starting position, a stop device for co-aeting with a driven member to stop the operation of operating mechanism of the phonograph, and means operated by the reproducer carrier on its return movement for moving the stop device into operative position.

8. The combination with a phonogra h having a spring motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of an electric motor, automatic return mechanism actuated by the electric motor for returning the reprodueer carrier of the phonograph to normal position, acstop device for co-acting with a driven member to sto the operation of operating mechanism of t e phonograph, and means operated by the reproducer carrier on its return movement for moving the stop device into operative position.

U. T he combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a second motor,

operative position during such return movement.

11. The combination with a phonograplh having a spring motor for actuating t e phonograph in reproducing a record of an electric motor for rewinding the spring motor, return mechanism actuated by the electric motor for causing the recipi eating member of the phonograph to be retined to normal position, a stop device for n rmally preventing operation of the phonograph under the influence of the spring motor, means for movin said stop device to permit the phonograp 1 to operate, means controlled by the movement of a art actuated by the spring motor for closing the circuit to the e eetrie motor after the pho'nogra h has made a iredetermined operation, andhncans actuated by the reciprocating member of the phonograph on its return movement for causing said stop device to be returned to operative osition.

12. The combination with a phonograph having a spring motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a stop device for normally reventing operation of the phonograph un er the influence of the s pring motor, an electric motor for rewinding t e spring motor, meansjor retracting said stop device to permit the phonograph to opcrate, means controlled by the movement of a part actuated by theispring motor for closing the circuit to the electric motor after the phonograph has made a predetermined operation, adjustable means for determining the amount of operation of the phonograph after which the circuit to the electric motor shall be closed, and means for returning the stop device to operative position after the completion of the predetermined operation of the honograph.

13. he combination with a phonograph having a spring motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of an elecautomatic return mechanism actuated by the trio motor for rewinding the spring motor,

second motor for returning the reciproqating';

- member of the phonograph to normal position, a friction brake for engaging a driven rotary member to stop the operation of operating mechanism of the phonograph, and means operated by the power of the second motor for moving the brake into operative position.

10. The combination with a phonograph having a motor for actuating the phonograph in reproducing a record, of a second motor, automatic return mechanism actuated by the second motor or returning the reproducer carrier of the honograph to normal position, a friction braiie for engaging a driven rotary member to stop the operation of operating mechanism of the phonograph, and means controlled by the return movement of the reproducer carrier for moving the brake into return mechanism actuated by the electric motor for causing the reciprocating member of the phonograph to be returned to normal position, a stop device for normally preventmg operation of the phonograph under the in uence of the spring motor, means for mov ing said stop device to permit the phonograph to operate, means controlled y the movement of a part actuated by the spring motor for closing the circuit to the electric motor after the phonograph has made a predetermined. operation, and means operated by the power of the electric motor for causing the said stop device to be returnedto operative )osition.

14. T e combination with a phonograph having a spring motor for actuating the phi nograph in reproducing a record, of a stop device for normally preventing o eration of the phonograph under the influence of thespring said stop device to return to operative p0simotor, a Second motor for rewinding the tion. s ring motor, means for retracting the stop In testimon whereof; I have hereunto set d vice to permit the phonograph to o erate, I my hand, in t presence of two subscribing 5 means tglfitroged by the movefment 0 a pakft witnesses. 1 5

actuate y t e s motor or causing t e spring motor to rgwound by the'second WILLIAM ROSENIIELD motor after the phonograph has made a pre- Witnesses: determined operation, and means operated A. L. KENT,

10 by the power of the second motor for causing T. F. KEHOE. 

